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Posted January 15 2007, 3:55 PM EST
MIAMI – A Coast Guard cutter returned 91 Cuban migrants caught at sea to
their homeland at Bahia de Cabanas around 2 p.m. on Monday.
In a prepared release, the Coast Guard said the Cubans were picked up:
# On Jan. 5. Nine Cuban migrants were picked up approximately three
miles south of the Marquesas islands off Key West. At the request of the
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service, one of the migrants was taken to
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for further disposition.
# Also Jan. 5. A civilian boat located a "rustic" vessel -- -- usually a
raft or homemade boat -- with 17 migrants on board as it was taking on
water 85 miles southwest of Grand Cayman, Bahamas. The boater contacted
the Coast Guard and brought all migrants on board. They were later
transfered to the cutter Decisive.
# On Jan. 6. The cutter Tornado spotted another "rustic" vessel 55 miles
south of the Dry Tortugas with 15 Cubans on board.
# On Jan. 7. The Coast Guard cutter Sawfish intercepted a go-fast boat
15 miles southeast of Islamorada. Once a boarding team from the Sawfish
boarded the go-fast, they found 29 migrants.
# Also Jan. 7. The crew of the cutter Tornado located an inflatable raft
with seven migrants on board approximately 12 miles southwest of the
Marquesas. Three of the migrants had serious self-inflicted wounds and
were transported to Lower Keys Memorial Hospital in Key West for further
treatment.
# On Jan. 8. The crew of an HC-130 aircraft located a "rustic" vessel
with 10 migrants on board about 18 miles south of Key West. The cutter
Dauntless was dispatched to pickup the migrants.
# Also on Jan. 8. A boater located a "rustic" vessel with eight migrants
tied to a crab pod 18 miles northeast of the Dry Tortugas. A Coast Guard
cutter Marlin was diverted to pick up the migrants.
"Throughout 2007, we will continue to maintain our robust presence in
the Florida Straits and Caribbean with our assets as needed," Cmdr.
Howard White, assistant chief of law enforcement for the Seventh Coast
Guard District, said in a prepared release.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/cuba/sfl-115cubarepat,0,2775718.story?coll=sfla-news-cuba
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